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A Child's Garden: A Story of Hope

Author(s): Michael Foreman

Sophisticated 9+

Master storyteller Michael Foreman's has created a timely and moving story of a child creating a garden of hope in the midst of poverty and war. A boy's world is ruin and rubble, with a wire fence and soldiers separating him from the cool hills where his father used to take him as a small child. Can a tiny, green plant shoot give him hope in a bleak landscape?


Product Information

* "It's absolutely perfect. Please trust me that it's a book you'll want to read, and want to read with your children. It matters." thebookbag.co.uk

Michael Foreman is one of the world's leading illustrators. He has won several major awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal, most recently for War Boy. His titles for Walker Books include Beowulf (9781844287543), Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (9781844287307), Mia's Story (9781844282784) and Say Hello (9781406307245). He lives in London.

General Fields

  • : 9781406325881
  • : Walker Books Ltd
  • : Walker Books Ltd
  • : May 2010
  • : 250mm X 230mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Michael Foreman
  • : Paperback
  • : 10-May
  • : Michael Foreman
  • : 823.914
  • : 5-8
  • : 32
  • : chiefly col. Illustrations